Word: signs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...captain has turned off the no smoking sign" are words that will no & longer be heard on most U.S. planes. In 1988 a congressional ban on smoking aboard flights lasting less than two hours took effect. Now legislators have reached an agreement to forbid smoking on all commercial flights within the continental U.S. and on flights of six hours or less between the mainland and Alaska and Hawaii. The legislation, which is expected to pass both the House and Senate, also applies to foreign airlines for any part of their flights within the U.S. Flight attendants worried about their...
...pickup truck while Anderson and her children pile broken bricks and stack cut wood. Clearance for the move requires approval from a slew of bureaucrats, and Walter Malone, 52, a professional house mover who has completed 30 jobs for Sister Grace, still has a few final forms to sign and fees to pay. "The biggest difficulty is the paperwork," he says, pointing to a glove compartment crammed full of documents. "I got so much paperwork on this thing that if anyone stops me, it will take me 15 minutes just to find...
...cable that raises the house an extra foot so it just barely clears the side railings. "I've been doing this for 20 years, so I know what will go and where it will go," he boasts. The house fills both lanes and knocks into a speed-limit sign, shattering two back windowpanes. Shelton Kelly walks ahead, bending back or briefly yanking out a few signs in order to make room for the wide load. Oncoming traffic generally gives way, yet one van driver insists on trying to squeeze...
When the noise and shaking reached their peak, the spectators fell silent. After it finally stopped, the relieved and unhurt crowd broke into a cheer. "That's San Francisco," said an admirer of the city. "They cheer an earthquake." A fan scribbled an impromptu sign: THAT WAS NOTHING. WAIT TILL THE GIANTS BAT! After the public address system lost power, police in squad cars used bullhorns to tell the fans that there would be no game and that they should move slowly toward exits. As they left and looked north, they could see a plume of black smoke rising into...
...Wednesday most of San Francisco had returned to near normal. The BART mass-transit system, which suffered only minor damage to its tunnel beneath the Bay, resumed normal service, and airports in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose were operating again. The surest sign that the crisis was over: baseball commissioner Fay Vincent announced that the World Series would resume Tuesday night if local officials decide it could be done safely...